Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.